I lose my mind with this ‘Obamacare’ issue. Here in Scotland, seeing your Dr, Going to Hospital for tests, getting prescriptions, getting your medication, everything is free. Why is it small countries like Scotland, Sweden, Norway and most of Europe can afford free Healthcare to their people and the mighty USA can’t? This may be hard for people with money and good medical plans in the USA to understand but this new law will kill people. Many, around 45% in America are ‘Breadline’ poor, living wage to wage, food stamp to food stamp. I don’t understand this. Americans, you sure as hell get taxed for almost everthing.

Religious defines this. America does this not makle you angry?

Obamacare Architect: We Passed the Law Thanks to the ‘Stupidity of the American Voter’

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Americans will see their bank accounts shrink if they don’t sign up for Obamacare in its second enrollment season. Uninsured Americans who decide not to enroll will face a penalty of $325 per person, more than tripling the $95 penalty those who did not enroll had to pay the first time around.Children under the age of 18 will be fined $162.50. The maximum amount an uninsured family will be penalized is $975 under the flat-rate method. “The penalty is meant to incentivize people to get coverage,” Laura Adams, senior analyst of InsuranceQuotes.com, told CBS News. “This year, I think a lot of people are going to be in for a shock.”

American Media reports that many Obamacare plans will be charging more as a 27-year-old earning 250 percent of the poverty rate will now have to pay an average of 7 percent more for the lowest-cost bronze plan. The analysis from Investor’s Business Daily found that the lowest-cost silver plan will rise 9 percent and the lowest-priced catastrophic policy will go up by 18 percent.

Adams stated that very few uninsured Americans don’t understand the penalties they are facing. “There is very little awareness of this,” she told CBS News. “Until people understand the financial consequences, they don’t have an incentive.”The Health and Human Services Department said earlier this week that between 9 to 9.9 million Americans will receive health care plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces for next year’s coverage. That’s lower than the 13 million estimated by the Congressional Budget Office.The bugs have supposedly been removed from the famously troubled http://www.healthcare.gov website, which can withstand last season’s peak loads and beyond with at least 125,000 simultaneous users. The online application has been pared from 76 screens to 16 for most consumers. The “young invincible” crowd of 18-to-36 year olds is crucial to the law’s success because insurance companies need their business to offset the costs of covering older, sicker and more expensive enrollees.

Experts say education is one of the biggest challenges as many consumers only focused on the low monthly premium last year and didn’t understand the potentially high deductible and out-of-pocket costs. Consumers were confused when they discovered their doctor wasn’t in their plan’s network or that they had to pay for testing because deductibles hadn’t been met.Insurance companies say volume will always be an issue because open enrollment coincides with Medicare enrollment and many large groups also renew their policies in January. But insurers say they’ve expanded Internet bandwidth, added staff and increased customer service hours.

Nathan fell around the area at the top tier below the huge TV. I have never been up there but it is steep, as most stadiums are

A SCOTLAND fan died last night after falling from stairs in the top tier of Celtic Park. It’s understood Nathan McSeveney plunged three floors down a concrete stairwell at Exit 33 about 9.45pm. The horror unfolded just after the final whistle in the Euro 2016 qualifier between Scotland and Ireland, which Scotland won 1-0. The 22-year-old, from Cumnock, was rushed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary but died later.

SFA Chief Executive Stewart Regan paid tribute this morning. He tweeted: “One of our young fans died last night after falling through a stairwell coming out of Celtic Park. I’m so sorry for his family. Tragic news.”

Tributes flooded social media this morning as news of the tragedy spread.

There were 60,000 people packed into Parkhead for last night’s match. Police said there are no suspicious circumstances and a report will be prepared for the procurator fiscal. Inquiries were continuing today and the victim’s family have been informed. The Health and Safety Executive have also been made aware.

A statement posted on the Celtic club website this morning said: “Everyone at Celtic Football Club is deeply saddened to learn of the death of a young supporter following last night’s match between Scotland and the Republic of Ireland.

“This was a terrible, tragic incident and our sincere thoughts and prayers are with the young man’s family at this time.” Parkhead is due to host Scotland’s friendly against England on Tuesday night.

Westminster/Hollyrood bombshell for Miliband and Labour. Been reading this all night, it seems Labour could lose at least 37 out of it’s 41 SMP’s seats at Hollyrood. This would turn Scotland yellow, like the image below. I believe in Karma, Labour sold their souls in the Scottish Referendum. With 2nd in charge Anas Sarwar resigning days after the Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont, with Lamont leaving and letting UK Labour leader Ed Milliband know in no uncertain terms why, she said “Labour’s leadership in Westminster had undermined me, thwarted my attempts to reform the party and treated the Scottish Labour Party like a “branch office” all this has had a huge effect on Scottish Labour members. There is a loophole where the SNP could force another Referendum in 2015 elections for as early as 2016/2017, or just walking from the Union. Others will be better placed than I to call that one. Jim Murphy is making noises about becoming new Scottish Labour leader when it’s likely he will lose his seat in 2015. The shadow international development minister said: “I’m standing not just to be the Scottish Labour leader, which would be a privilege in itself, but I am standing to be our candidate to be first minister.” Personally I don’t trust politics/Labour just now, this could all be staged to fool the easily fooled, SCOTLAND ‘KEEP THE HEID, DON’T BE STUPID AGAIN!

“Those who would lose their seat include Jim Murphy, who is standing to be the next leader of Scottish Labour, Douglas Alexander and Margaret Curran… The only Scottish Labour MPs who would survive would be Willie Bain in Glasgow North East, Tom Clarke in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill, Gordon Brown in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and Ian Davidson in Glasgow South West.”

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